Yesterday afternoon I headed to Lymington to ‘twitch’ the Marsh Sandpiper that had been discovered the day before on Normandy Marsh. The bird was actively feeding in the NW corner of the lagoon throughout my stay and showed superbly from the seawall. Despite its smaller size, whenever a Redshank came too close it ran at a surprising rate of knots to chase the intruder off. The sighting was only my second UK record of the species and the first for Hampshire. My previous sighting being the West Sussex Pagham Harbour bird on 30 Jul 06 with fellow Amigo Slasher.
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| Marsh Sandpiper, Normandy Lagoon – 20 Apr 24 |
After admiring the Marsh Sandpiper I took a stroll along the seawall to Fishtail Lagoon. Other highlights included Little Tern, Common Tern and Reed Warbler year ticks. The Marsh Sandpiper was still showing brilliantly on my return to Normandy Marsh.
Picture 4 – Reed Warbler, Pennington Marshes – 20 Apr 24
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